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To a large degree the durability of this compromise is going to depend on the actions of President Bush. He can keep it or blow it up. It depends on what kind of judges he nominates. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

To a large degree the durability of this compromise is going to depend on the actions of President Bush. He can keep it or blow it up. It depends on what kind of judges he nominates.

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Everything that surrounded the K Street Project and what flowed from it all of that is under intense pressure. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Everything that surrounded the K Street Project and what flowed from it all of that is under intense pressure.

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I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

I think if you took a secret ballot in the Senate and House, you'd get a majority of Republicans joining on to those [libertarian] concerns. But the majority of Republicans in both houses see themselves more as field soldiers in the president's army than as independent actors in an independent branch of government. ... [That group is] very reluctant to challenge their president and to do so in a way that gives Democrats a political issue.

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I'm sure that he's growing a little tired of members taking what he believes are gratuitous personal shots at him, - Norman Ornstein Quotes

I'm sure that he's growing a little tired of members taking what he believes are gratuitous personal shots at him,

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I think Specter is going to be protective of Roberts against what he thinks are intrusive questions. But if he thinks Roberts is not even beginning to address larger questions of philosophy of judging, then I think he'll be unhappy. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

I think Specter is going to be protective of Roberts against what he thinks are intrusive questions. But if he thinks Roberts is not even beginning to address larger questions of philosophy of judging, then I think he'll be unhappy.

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There's no question that it will hurt him and it will hurt him significantly. He's still getting the solid support from his base. The question now is whether his performance with the hurricane begins to affect his performance with his base. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

There's no question that it will hurt him and it will hurt him significantly. He's still getting the solid support from his base. The question now is whether his performance with the hurricane begins to affect his performance with his base.

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Hurt

That would have been a big plus for the president. You get the blame when you're the top dog. And in this case, I think there is no doubt that we had inadequate preparation and we've had inadequate response. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

That would have been a big plus for the president. You get the blame when you're the top dog. And in this case, I think there is no doubt that we had inadequate preparation and we've had inadequate response.

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Having a lot of time left as president is a good thing for him, because it gives him the opportunities and time to get out of some of these holes. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Having a lot of time left as president is a good thing for him, because it gives him the opportunities and time to get out of some of these holes.

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Even if the reality is, there's nothing more that he could have done back in Washington or anywhere else ... the symbol matters. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Even if the reality is, there's nothing more that he could have done back in Washington or anywhere else ... the symbol matters.

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I think it's clear we're in damage control now. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

I think it's clear we're in damage control now.

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By any standard this is a low point. It will be interesting to see if Bush goes for a conservative, in-your-face appointment to the Supreme Court to rally the base, which has been more critical than before but has not turned on him. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

By any standard this is a low point. It will be interesting to see if Bush goes for a conservative, in-your-face appointment to the Supreme Court to rally the base, which has been more critical than before but has not turned on him.

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The Republicans will make a bonfire under Jim McDermott, - Norman Ornstein Quotes

The Republicans will make a bonfire under Jim McDermott,

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The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising), - Norman Ornstein Quotes

The pending complaint on DeLay was on the Texas case (over political fund raising),

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What Gore needs, to counter the anti-Clinton, anti-Gore sentiment that's out there for a number of Democrats, is strong labor backing. And this issue is a thorn in the side of organized labor. This is a headache. It's not yet the level of a migraine. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

What Gore needs, to counter the anti-Clinton, anti-Gore sentiment that's out there for a number of Democrats, is strong labor backing. And this issue is a thorn in the side of organized labor. This is a headache. It's not yet the level of a migraine.

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Lots of members have been appalled at the kind of Gilded Age mentality of the party. Others felt like they had to take one for the team. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Lots of members have been appalled at the kind of Gilded Age mentality of the party. Others felt like they had to take one for the team.

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This is a powerful partnership. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

This is a powerful partnership.

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This is a major fork in the road for him. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

This is a major fork in the road for him.

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The pivotal moment in the 1992 campaign was when [the first President] Bush said, 'The economy is not as bad as you think it is'. If this president reaches a point where he's suggesting the same thing -- and that's not far from where they are now -- then they have a problem. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

The pivotal moment in the 1992 campaign was when [the first President] Bush said, 'The economy is not as bad as you think it is'. If this president reaches a point where he's suggesting the same thing -- and that's not far from where they are now -- then they have a problem.

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The fault line here is really among the fiscally conservative Republicans, who are uneasy about deficits. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

The fault line here is really among the fiscally conservative Republicans, who are uneasy about deficits.

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But, after the terrible lapses that occurred here, they are going to be on the defensive, and the ability to push other things onto the agenda will be limited. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

But, after the terrible lapses that occurred here, they are going to be on the defensive, and the ability to push other things onto the agenda will be limited.

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When you have a dramatic expansion of the ability of individual members to direct federal funds or to designate contracts, you are creating the most fertile environment for corruption imaginable. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

When you have a dramatic expansion of the ability of individual members to direct federal funds or to designate contracts, you are creating the most fertile environment for corruption imaginable.

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In some ways there's a real desire to get out of it because you don't want to be saddled with a loss, but if you leave now it's like opting out of the battlefield in the middle of the war and there may be some backlash. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

In some ways there's a real desire to get out of it because you don't want to be saddled with a loss, but if you leave now it's like opting out of the battlefield in the middle of the war and there may be some backlash.

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It's the most expansive vision of the executive power of a president in our lifetime. To suggest that (Congress has) given him a blanket authority to do what he has done is a vast stretch. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

It's the most expansive vision of the executive power of a president in our lifetime. To suggest that (Congress has) given him a blanket authority to do what he has done is a vast stretch.

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It's a self-perpetuating system involving interests, members of Congress, people in the executive branch and patronage positions and so on. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

It's a self-perpetuating system involving interests, members of Congress, people in the executive branch and patronage positions and so on.

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This is not just a one-way street. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

This is not just a one-way street.

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Lobbying is in the DNA of the political process ... and you're never going to get around human nature. So you can't legislate perfection here, but it's very clear that we've gotten lax, and there's an awful lot of money and politics in Washington. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Lobbying is in the DNA of the political process ... and you're never going to get around human nature. So you can't legislate perfection here, but it's very clear that we've gotten lax, and there's an awful lot of money and politics in Washington.

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Congress as a whole needs to step back and look at the way it conducts its business. It's not just lobbyists influencing members of Congress, it's members of Congress shaking down lobbyists for money. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Congress as a whole needs to step back and look at the way it conducts its business. It's not just lobbyists influencing members of Congress, it's members of Congress shaking down lobbyists for money.

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It's a disaster for DeLay. They've not only formally started the process, but this is a public petition. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

It's a disaster for DeLay. They've not only formally started the process, but this is a public petition.

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Delay

Even those people in the leadership who've done commendable jobs may find themselves in the cross hairs just because it's possible there will be a more widespread desire for change. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Even those people in the leadership who've done commendable jobs may find themselves in the cross hairs just because it's possible there will be a more widespread desire for change.

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Jobs

You have smart people and a lot of money at stake. People are going to find loopholes. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

You have smart people and a lot of money at stake. People are going to find loopholes.

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Money

If you passed a steroids bill now while letting the deficit careen out of control and not doing much to get Iraq on track, they would attract a lot of ridicule for spending their time on it, - Norman Ornstein Quotes

If you passed a steroids bill now while letting the deficit careen out of control and not doing much to get Iraq on track, they would attract a lot of ridicule for spending their time on it,

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There's a sense that there is a culture of cronyism and corruption and incompetence - Norman Ornstein Quotes

There's a sense that there is a culture of cronyism and corruption and incompetence

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If you passed a steroids bill now while letting the deficit careen out of control and not doing much to get Iraq on track, they would attract a lot of ridicule for spending their time on it. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

If you passed a steroids bill now while letting the deficit careen out of control and not doing much to get Iraq on track, they would attract a lot of ridicule for spending their time on it.

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My understanding is that now, after taking soundings, he's thinking about running for leader. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

My understanding is that now, after taking soundings, he's thinking about running for leader.

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President Bush right now is in the midst of a very severe case of second-term blues. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

President Bush right now is in the midst of a very severe case of second-term blues.

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It's just not a realistic budget. It's not a budget the Republicans are going to go anywhere near ... Perhaps the best thing they have going for them is that Democrats really don't have much skill at turning these issues their way. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

It's just not a realistic budget. It's not a budget the Republicans are going to go anywhere near ... Perhaps the best thing they have going for them is that Democrats really don't have much skill at turning these issues their way.

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It's just not a realistic budget. It's not a budget the Republicans are going to go anywhere near. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

It's just not a realistic budget. It's not a budget the Republicans are going to go anywhere near.

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It would have gone past us as just one of those moments where each side was teeing off against the other. But that event punctuated things, and I do think it made a difference in the coverage of the hearings. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

It would have gone past us as just one of those moments where each side was teeing off against the other. But that event punctuated things, and I do think it made a difference in the coverage of the hearings.

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President Bush right now is in a very serious case of second-term blues. It may be the avian flu of second-term blues. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

President Bush right now is in a very serious case of second-term blues. It may be the avian flu of second-term blues.

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Let's face it. When you're the governor of New York and even mentioned as a presidential candidate, you're going to be under an enormous microscope. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Let's face it. When you're the governor of New York and even mentioned as a presidential candidate, you're going to be under an enormous microscope.

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What they've done, at least, is to give themselves a little breathing room from what was going to be a really ugly confrontation, and one that was a complete lose-lose for Republicans, no matter what. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

What they've done, at least, is to give themselves a little breathing room from what was going to be a really ugly confrontation, and one that was a complete lose-lose for Republicans, no matter what.

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There is extreme nervousness about November. The last thing that members want is to be out there in a tough campaign, where the wind is at your face, defending the indefensible. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

There is extreme nervousness about November. The last thing that members want is to be out there in a tough campaign, where the wind is at your face, defending the indefensible.

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Even if [Republicans] were willing to stick a finger in his eye, they won't hold the searching oversight hearings now on how this whole thing came about. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Even if [Republicans] were willing to stick a finger in his eye, they won't hold the searching oversight hearings now on how this whole thing came about.

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Some members are pulling the blanket over their heads and hoping the storm will pass. For others, there is also a genuine belief that if you just jump in a spasm of reaction, you could do some things detrimental to a good deliberative process. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

Some members are pulling the blanket over their heads and hoping the storm will pass. For others, there is also a genuine belief that if you just jump in a spasm of reaction, you could do some things detrimental to a good deliberative process.

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If we're going to end up with a lower turnout special election, that's one in which a Republican may be able to do a little better. But I've got to believe that you're still going to see a backlash. If the special election takes place around the time that indictments are handed down, it's going to be bad news for Republicans. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

If we're going to end up with a lower turnout special election, that's one in which a Republican may be able to do a little better. But I've got to believe that you're still going to see a backlash. If the special election takes place around the time that indictments are handed down, it's going to be bad news for Republicans.

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What she did just makes you cringe. It's clearly unethical by any standard. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

What she did just makes you cringe. It's clearly unethical by any standard.

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We build people up who have positions of power or visibility and venerate them and then have to show they have feet of clay. - Norman Ornstein Quotes

We build people up who have positions of power or visibility and venerate them and then have to show they have feet of clay.

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